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A. H. SCARLES. MACHINE POR CLEANING GOILS 0F WIRE. No. 434,891. PatentedAug. 1Q, 1890.

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UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED II. SCARLES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF iONE-HALF TO WELLINGTON STEVENS, .OF SAMEv PLACE.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING COILS OF WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,891, dated August19, 1890. Application filed November 7, 1889.l Serial No. 329.513. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. SGARLES, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Springfield, in the county of I-Iampden and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Cleaning Coils of XVire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for cleaning wire,particularly copper or brass wire, when in coiled form, the object ofthe invention being to provide a machine which is simple in itself andwhich is also easy and simple in operation, and entirely efficient forthe purpose set forth; and the invention consists in the constructionand combination of parts, all substantially as will hereinafter morefully appear and beset forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which-- v Figurelis a sectional elevation of the wirecleaning machine. Fig. 2 is a planview of the same, a part being broken away for clearer illustration andFig. 3 is aperspective View in detail, to be hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, A represents a hollow cylindrical tumbling-box havingtrunnion-bearings c, a in a line midway of its length in verticalstandards b b, whereby said cylindrical tumbling-box is adapted for arotation on a horizontal axis centrally intersecting the axis of saidbox A. Said box A is pro` vided with closed heads, normally an upper anda lower one d and f, respectively, the former being removable from thesaid box.

A post or shaft B extends axially of the tumbling-box from end to endthereof, being confined in place by and between the heads. The lowerhead f of the box is preferably constituted by the fixed orintegrally-formed` end wall 10, having the central aperture 12, underwhich wall is another plate 14:, placed against a disk of rubber' 15,interposed between t-he said Wall 10 and the said plate 14, and the saidwall and plate are held together, confining the rubber disk betweenthem, by the screws or bolts 15. The lower end of the said post lieswithin the aperture of the inner wall of the lower head and rests uponsaid disk, being held firmly in place by the `screws orbolts 15:1. Saidpost is preferably `head d has formed on its under side near or at itsedge an annular groove 16 or a rabbet to overlie the end of thecylindrical box A, and a gasket h, ofy rubber or equivalent compressiblematerial, is placed in said groove or rabbet. A screw-threaded spindle mis passed through said upper head, having by its threads no engagementwithin the central opening l in the head, and on the lower end of saidspindle is fixed a rectangular or elongated block 1S, the width of whichis such that it may, when properly aligned, pass through the said slotin the end of the post, and then when the spindle is turned by thedisposition of its block across said slot under the end wall of the postestablish an engagement between the post and thesaid upper head d. Adisk of rubber 19 is also preferably provided between the upper head andthe upper end of the post. Upon the part of the said screw-threadedspindle which lies, in the use of the spindle, above the head is placeda nut fa, preferably provided with a lever-arm 2O for convenientlyturning it, and the upper extremity of said threaded spindle is providedwith a ring-head or other equivalent means, whereby the said spindlemaybe held against rotation when the nut is properly turned to force thehead to a close bearing on the end of the cylindrical box and upon theend of the said post.

The trunnion-bearings a a are constituted by tubular shafts opening'from end to end and communicating by their passages with the interior ofthe box A, and on one thereof is a pulley q, by which to cause therotation of the said box from a running belt.. Aliquida conduit it isconnected to the outer end of each tubular shaft a a', suitablestuiiing-boxes u being provided to constitute the wateri tight couplingsand permit of the free rotation of the said tubular trunnion-shafts onand independently of the said conduits, which are stationary..

In the use of this machine the upper head d is removed and coils a1 ofthe wire are placed IOO in the box A, encircling the post,such a num#ber of said coils ybeing placed therein as de-L sired, although in any7event preferably no more than enough to occupy three-quarters of theheightof the boxA are entered therein. A quantity of bran orothermaterial is placed in the box with the coils and the head secured inplace, and then .by and throughthe;y driving of the belt the box isrotated, turning end over end, and the coils are tumbled back and forthalong the post, and by the` bran and the contact and vibration of theseparateconvolutions of the Wire the one upon and iwith relation to theother all the scale and foreign matter :are cleansed Afrom the wire.After the tumbling has been continued for a whilewater from-.anysuitable source isintroduced through ,the .pipe and the onetubularbearing into the box under suitable pressurerand expelled fromthe box `through the other tubular .bearing yto Waste',`

postand the .upper head and the` ,provision of the lower head formed ofand nby two plates secured together upon an interposed cushion of rubberovercomes in a very material degree the effects of vvibration betweenthe ,parts which constitute the tumbling-box.

ysaid trunnion-bearings, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. Infa machine for cleaning coils of wire, a rotatable box providedwith the closed head and the-longitudinal chambe-redvpost havingl v aclosed end, vprovided with a--slot leading-to said chamber, combinedwith theremovable `head vprovided with the screw-spindle movabletherethrough,- -having on :its lower endan elongated enlargement, andfalso l.provided- With the nut, substantially as and ttor the l purposesetforth.

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